Apparatus and Method of Transforming Multidimensional Video Format

1. An apparatus for transforming a format of a multidimensional image, the apparatus comprising: a scaler receiving the multidimensional image and scaling up or down a resolution of the multi-dimensional image to conform to a resolution of a display device a formatter receiving property information about properties of the display device and transforming the format of the multi-dimensional image to conform to the properties of the display device; and a user interface receiving the property information from the display device and transmitting the property information to the formatter, wherein the scaler differentiates rates at which a horizontal resolution and a vertical resolution of the multidimensional image are transformed and rates at which images of multiple dimensions are scaled, to transform the resolution of the multidimensional image, wherein the formatter comprises: a format transform unit which transforms the received multidimensional image into an image having a plurality of formats; a selection unit which selects a format processible by the display device from the plurality of formats; and a display interface unit which transforms an image having the selected format into an image signal acceptable by the display device and outputting the image signal.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the scaler comprises: a first scaler receiving a left image and transforming a resolution of the left image; and a second scaler receiving a right image and transforming a resolution of the right image.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising a video switch switching locations of the received left and right images and outputting the left and right images.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising a memory storing the scaled image data so that the left and right images are simultaneously output.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the user interface unit receives a command to control the video switch from a user and provides an input/output interface which receives the property information about the display device to control the formatter.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the user interface unit includes a port transceiving the property information about the display device.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the property information about the display device includes the resolution of the display device, information about a frequency of an input signal, and information about a format of an image, and the port of the user interface unit is one of a display data channel (DDC) port, a DDC2 port, and a DDC2B port.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display interface unit transforms the image having the selected format into a signal conforming to a Video Electronics Standard Association (VESA) standard.

9. A method of transforming a format of a multidimensional image, the method comprising: receiving the multidimensional image and scaling up or down a resolution of the multi-dimensional image to conform to a resolution of a display device; receiving, by a user interface unit, the property information about properties of the display device from the display device and transmitting the received property information to a formatter, and receiving, by the formatter, the property information and transforming, by the formatter, the format of the multi-dimensional image to conform to the properties of the display device, wherein in the receiving of the multidimensional image and scaling up or down of the resolution of the multidimensional image, the resolution is transformed by differentiating rates at which a horizontal resolution and a vertical resolution of the multidimensional image are transformed and rates at which images of multiple dimensions are scaled, wherein the receiving of the property information and transforming of the format of the multi-dimensional image comprises: receiving the property information about the display device; transforming the received multidimensional image into an image having a plurality of formats; selecting a format processible by the display device from the plurality of formats; and transforming an image having the selected format into an image signal acceptable by the display device and outputting the image signal.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein in the receiving of the multidimensional image and scaling up or down of the resolution of the multidimensional image, a left image is received, a resolution of the left image is transformed, a right image is received, and a resolution of the right image is transformed.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein in the receiving of the multidimensional image and scaling up or down of the resolution of the multidimensional image, ports via which the left and right images are to be output are switched, and the left and right images are output via the switched ports.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the property information about the display device includes the resolution of the display device, information about a frequency of an input signal, and information about a format of an image, and the port of the user interface unit is one of a display data channel (DDC) port, a DDC2 port, and a DDC2B port.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein in the transforming of the image having the selected format, the image having the selected format is transformed into a signal conforming to a Video Electronics Standard Association (VESA) standard.

14. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium which records a computer program for executing the method of claim 9 .